2025 Pre-Event Timeline
- June 1 - Registration opens for Go West Summit 2025
- November 30 - Deadline to modify profile. Changes to your online profile made after this date will not be reflected in the resource manual.
- November 30 - Deadline for all advertising artwork
- December 3 - Appointment selection opens. Click here for more details.
- December 5 - Room Reservation Cut-off date
- December 20 - Deadline to modify appointment schedules
- January 7 - Education Day
- January 8 & 9 - Marketplace - Two days of face to face pre-scheduled appointments
- January 10 - Destination Day
On-Site Go West Summit 2024 Event Agenda
Sunday, February 25, 2024
1:00pm – 5:30pm | Go West Summit Registration Main Concourse, Tahoe Blue Event Center Pick up your event credentials and meet the staff. |
5:30pm – 7:30pm | Buyer Welcome Reception - Sponsored by Travel Oregon Opal Room, Bally's Lake Tahoe Resort -Buyers and journalists only please |
Monday, February 26 - Education Day
7:00am – 5:30pm | Go West Summit Registration Main Concourse, Tahoe Blue Event Center |
8:30am – 4:00pm |
Buyer Site Tour Join your Lake Tahoe hosts for an exciting day of site visits and world-class scenic splendor! |
8:00am – 9:10am |
State Caucus Sessions States wishing to present a caucus include: Tahoe Blue Event Center map available right here. |
9:15am – 10:30am |
International Travel Forecast - David Huether National Travel and Tourism Office This session is designed to help suppliers focus their international promotion efforts in the right markets using the U.S. Department of Commerce’s dashboard. Which countries had the highest inbound-U.S. visitation? To which states did they travel? Did Go West destinations see declines? What does the future hold for international tourism? |
10:40am – 11:50am | Global Travel and Tourism - Marcela Lizarraga, Engagement & Products Director, Membership & Commercial, World Travel and Tourism Council Lapis/Sapphire Room, Tahoe Blue Event Center Presentation will focus on: · Global Travel and Tourism contributions, Impact and Recovery · The World Travel and Tourism Council highlights · Travel and Tourism (T&T) contribution to the economy and jobs · Trends and challenges · T&T environmental and social impact >>Learn more about Marcela Lizarraga >>Presentation available here |
12:00pm – 1:15pm |
Lunch - Tahoe Blue Event Center Sponsored by Brand USA |
1:30pm – 2:30pm |
United's Journey on Decarbonization - Frederick Thome, Director of Sales, Andean and Central America Region, United Airlines |
1:30pm – 2:30pm |
National Parks Update - Managing Visitation Moderator - Lisa Simon, CEO, International Inbound Travel Association, |
2:40pm – 3:30pm |
Brand USA International Market Outlook - Peter Dodge, Public Affairs, Brand USA |
2:40pm – 3:30pm |
Are You “International Ready?” Build Your Inbound Tourism from Soup to Nuts - Jennifer Ackerson President, Alon Tourism Solutions and Florian Herrmann, CEO, Herrmann Global |
3:40pm – 4:30pm |
Sustainable Tourism - Moderator: Cathy Ritter, Founder of Better Destinations and Trustee, The Travel Foundation. Featuring: Carol Chaplin, President & CEO Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority. |
3:40pm – 4:30pm |
Ask the Inbound Operator - Moderator: Ivar Hottentot, Meeting Point North America |
4:40pm – 5:30pm |
How to Summit - We're Here, Now What? Presented by: Barb Bowman, CEO, Bowman & Associates, LLC, Francisco Campos, Destination America, Lisa Bruening, Visit Denver |
6:00pm – 8:30pm |
Opening Event - "Get a Little Out There" |
Tuesday, February 27
7:00am – 5:30pm | Go West Summit Registration |
8:00am – 12:00pm | Marketplace I - This is the first of four Marketplace sessions featuring 12-minute, one-on-one, pre-scheduled appointments. Download your Marketplace map here and buyer table lists are available organized by table number, or alphabetized by company name. A map of the Supplier Lounge can be found here. |
12:00pm – 1:00pm | Lunch - Sponsored by Best Western International (BWH Hotel Group) |
1:00pm – 5:30pm | Marketplace II |
5:30pm – 6:30pm | Travel Nevada Happy Hour - Buyers and Journalists only please. Edgewood Tower Room, Tahoe Blue Event Center |
Evening | On Your Own
Use this free night to establish a relationship with a potential client or customer—ask them to join you for dinner! Visit the on-site information desk for ideas before exploring local cafés and restaurants. |
Wednesday, February 28
7:00am – 5:30pm | Go West Summit Registration |
7:45am – 8:50am | The BIG REVEAL Continental Breakfast - Presented by our 2025 Go West Summit destination host. Don't miss the excitement as our host is revealed! Tahoe Blue Event Center |
9:00am – 12:00pm | Marketplace III |
12:00pm – 1:10pm |
Lunch - Presented by Visit Colorado Springs |
1:15pm – 2:15pm | Speed Appointment Session - Meet with buyers at their tables for one full hour of unscheduled 5-minute appointments. |
2:15pm – 5:30pm | Marketplace IV |
5:30pm – 6:30pm | GetYourGuide Happy Hour - Invited Guests Only Edgewood Tower Room, Tahoe Blue Event Center |
6:30pm – 9:00pm | Closing Event - Visit Lake Tahoe - Awe and then Some Club Blu, Bally's Lake Tahoe Hosted by Lake Tahoe Visitors Authority/Visit Lake Tahoe Wrap up another 'Awe and then Some' Go West Summit by getting together to mingle with familiar faces and new acquaintances, savoring delicious food, drinks, and music, and engaging in interactive party games.
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Thursday, February 29 - Adventure Day
All Attendees Welcome! Multiple trips are presented - click here to view your options and log in to submit your requests.
FAM Trips
Buyers and journalists are invited to explore destinations and hotels across the American West before and after the show. Several multi-day excursions are offered to registered delegates.
2025 Pre-Event Timeline
- June 1 - Registration opens for Go West Summit 2025
- November 29 - Appointment selection opens. Click here for more details.
- November 30 - Deadline to modify profile. Changes to your online profile made after this date will not be reflected in the resource manual.
- November 30 - Deadline for all advertising artworkD
- December 3 - Deadline to modify appointment schedulesD
- December 5 - Room Reservation Cut-off date
- January 7 - Education Day
- January 8 & 9 - Marketplace - Two days of face to face pre-scheduled appointments
- January 10 - Destination Day
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